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Yi Qi He Wei Jiao Nang

Medicinals
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Composition

  • Dang ShenRx. Codonopsis6–14 g

    Tonifies the Middle Jiao, augments Qi, nourishes the Blood and promotes the generation of Body Fluids*.*

    for Spleen and Stomach Deficiencies with fatigue, a sensation of fullness in the abdomen, dizziness, lethargy, shortness of breath, anorexia and loose stools or diarrhea.
    • Bai Zhu
    for Spleen Qi Deficiency with anorexia, loose stools and vomiting.
  • Bai ZhuRz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae3–15 g

    Tonifies the Spleen, augments *Qi and dries Dampness.*

  • Fu LingPoria9–18 g

    Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle *Jiao.*

  • Huang QinRx. Scutellariae3–18 g

    Clears Heat and dries Dampness.

  • Dan ShenRx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae3–15 g

    Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat and soothes irritability.

Actions

  • Safeguards the mucous membranes
  • Guards against infection
  • Encourages the formation of new Blood cells
  • Encourages growth of the epidermis

Patterns treated

Deficiency of Spleen Qi

Manifestations

  • Diarrhea presenting watery stools
  • Feelings of nausea together with vomiting
  • An absence of thirst
  • Loss of appetite
  • Fullness in the abdomen and/or epigastrium, relieved by pressure
  • Pain in the abdomen
  • Weakness of the gastrointestinal system
  • A face that appears pale
  • Urination that is frequent
  • A tendency toward feeling fatigued
  • Possibly cold limbs
  • Possibly headache accompanied by fever
  • Aching throughout the body
  • Nosebleeds
  • Vomiting of blood
  • Breathlessness
  • A sense of listlessness
  • Pain in the epigastric region
  • Any Blood that is lost through bleeding appears pale
  • The presence of Edema
  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Coughing up of blood
  • Bleeding within the intestines
  • Long-standing bleeding
  • Blood present in the stool
  • Bleeding from the uterus
  • Bleeding from the rectum
  • Heavy menstrual flow
  • Fullness and pain in the chest
  • Pain in the hypochondriac region that radiates toward the Heart
  • An intolerance to Cold
  • A rigid, localized distention in the region of the Heart
  • An excess of foamy saliva, produced or drooled
  • Marked thinness of the body
Tongue body
Pale, possibly moist
Coating
White, or Absent
Pulse
Deep, weak and slow in one presentation, or Deep and thready in another, or else Big and weak

Indications

  • Ulcers of the stomach, peptic tract and duodenum
  • Blood present in the stool
  • Vomiting of blood
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Pain in the abdomen
  • Weakness of the gastrointestinal system
  • The presence of Edema